Photos used to capture
A time
A place
Not alter one
Now
With the power of the internet
The power of computers
Someone’s photo is nothing more
Than an altered reality
An elusion
A mirage
Water only drinkable to the ones
that are fooled
With the click of a button
All imperfections are removed
Wrinkles
Blemishes
Age
Weight
Hair color
The scars of life are gone
Leaving folks looking a lot like
Some of those TV evangelists in
the 1980s
Faces plastered with makeup
Filtering what the camera would
see
Plastic surgery
Facelifts
All done with the click of a
button
So crisp
So perfect
No flaws
No truth
This poem is from my book : Petals Falling
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